The RB Leipzig Courier
Squad28 Aug 2028
The knee: Eljif Elmas out for 136 days
136 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. RB Leipzig lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market28 Aug 2028
Rocco Reitz turns Karlsruher SC down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Match26 Aug 2028
Whatever happens, RB Leipzig do not lose
11 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Market28 Aug 2028
Karlsruher SC watching Nicolas Seiwald
The interest is real enough to have reached print. RB Leipzig have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at RB Leipzig
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market28 Aug 2028
One of our own: Heinrich Meyer joins the RB Leipzig first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Heinrich Meyer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market28 Aug 2028
One of our own: Thomas Wolff joins the RB Leipzig first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Wolff is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match26 Aug 2028
Bilal El Khannouss the difference as RB Leipzig beat Bayer Leverkusen
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bilal El Khannouss. 1‑0 against Bayer Leverkusen, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Giorgi Mamardashvili makes it 50 clean sheets
50 shut-outs in 275 appearances. A keeper’s career is counted in games where nothing happened, and none of it happened by accident.
In brief
- Squad Matthias Baumann out for 15 days
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Bilal El Khannouss
- Loan watch Conrad Harder wants to come home